Argentina’s truckers called an indefinite strike on Monday to demand higher pay rates, parking their rigs in protest just as exporters were counting on them to haul freshly harvested soybeans to port.

Thirty Palestinian prisoners have joined the hunger strike of Hana Shalabi, who was hospitalized on Monday evening after consuming only water for 33 days.

In Cuba, three dozen members of the Ladies in White opposition group were detained on Sunday before their weekly march to press the government to free prisoners jailed for politically motivated crimes.

George Clooney was arrested for civil disobedience in Washington on Friday alongside his father Nick and other protesters after a demonstration outside the Sudanese Embassy aimed at drawing attention to the country’s president, Omar al-Bashir, and his government for provoking a humanitarian crisis and blocking food and aid from entering the Nuba Mountains from South Sudan.

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HI Liz, thanks for leaving the comment! The reason that I decided to present the idea of pursuing a coach is simply to identify another avenue of support that those watching their spouse battle bipolar disorder. Something that I found with traditional counseling is that many traditional counselors, therapists, psychologists, etc do not have the experience necessary to help guide you through the ups and downs of being married to someone bipolar. The counselors that I started seeing did not do a whole lot to encourage me to stay within the marriage. They KNEW the divorce statistics and knew that the odds were stacked against us. I believe that this happened because they did not have first hand experience with the illness themselves and as a result they were unable to support me in my marriage relationship with my husband. Do I think that a marriage or life coach should be a replacement for a traditional therapist? Absolutely not. I firmly believe that if your marriage is crumbling individual counseling is very important in identifying personal developmental areas that each spouse can work on. After these areas are worked on a life coach that has experience with mental illness can help you as you navigate your marriage with your spouse and helping you set boundaries in a positive manner that will help establish your roadmap to take your marriage relationships from where you are now to where you want to be.

Divorce causes major issues with health insurance benefits. Many families have employer provided and/or paid for health insurance benefits that cover the entire family. It is not uncommon to see situations where the other spouse is a stay at home parent, with absolutely no access to health insurance benefits, or employed at a job with either no health insurance benefits available or those benefits available at a substantial cost. After a divorce, the spouse with the family health insurance coverage can no longer cover the other parent. They are no longer “family” members who can take advantage of one health insurance policy. How to then ensure that everyone stays insured does become an issue for negotiation and/or divorce litigation.`,

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